''Stugeta'' is an

Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. The genus was erected by

Hamilton Herbert Druce Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce (1869 – 21 June 1922) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Druce (1846– ...

in 1891.

Species

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Stugeta bowkeri ''Stugeta bowkeri'', the Bowker's sapphire, Bowker's marbled sapphire or Bowker's tailed blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of southern Africa. The wingspan is 26–32 mm for males and 29–41 mm for fe ...

'' (Trimen, 1864) *''

Stugeta carpenteri ''Stugeta carpenteri'', the Carpenter's sapphire, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Kenya. The habitat consists of arid savanna. Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers. The larvae feed on ''Oncoca ...

'' Stempffer, 1946 *''

Stugeta marmoreus ''Stugeta marmoreus'', the marbled sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1866. It is found in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. The h ...

'' (Butler, 1866) *''

Stugeta mimetica ''Stugeta mimetica'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1916. It is found in Tanzania. The larvae feed on '' Emelianthe panganensis'', '' Helixanthera tetrapartita'' and ''Loranthus ...

'' Aurivillius, 1916 *''

Stugeta occidentalis ''Stugeta occidentalis'', the western marbled sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It ...

'' Stempffer & Bennett, 1958 *''

Stugeta somalina ''Stugeta somalina'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henri Stempffer in 1946. It is found in Somalia and northern Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map ...

'' Stempffer, 1946 *''

Stugeta subinfuscata ''Stugeta subinfuscata'', the dusky sapphire, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Africa. The wingspan is 25–28 mm for males and 27–30 mm for females. Adults are on wing in summer, with peaks in Septemb ...

'' Grünberg, 1910

References

Iolaini Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Hamilton Herbert Druce {{Theclinae-stub